ORGAN THING: More Idles, oh joy, right now there can’t be too much, a new song, hear it here, a pro-immigration anthem and details of a new album…

ORGAN THING OF THE DAY: IDLES CONFIRM NEW LP – ‘JOY AS AN ACT OF RESISTANCE.’ – OUT AUGUST 31 ON PARTISAN RECORDS >>>> FIRST EVER WORLD TOUR THIS AUTUMN. PRO-IMMIGRATION ANTHEM AND FIRST SINGLE PROPER “DANNY NEDELKO” OUT NOW. Cut the crap (and these shouty cut ‘n paste capital letters) WATCH the damn VIDEO, they always make great videos, their words hit the spot, they keep on hitting the spot, here’s the video…

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There probably are just about the best forward-looking challenging punk rock band out there right now, we’ve said all these thing several times over the last tw oyears, here’s the press release and the details of what they’re doing now…

Bristol five-piece Idles have confirmed details for their anticipated second LP – ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance.’ will be out August 31st via Partisan Records. The band have also shared the album’s first single, a pro-immigration anthem entitled “Danny Nedelko,” which takes its name from one of the band’s close friends (and Ukrainian immigrant). The song is accompanied by a self-directed video that features Danny himself, listen/watch just up there if you haven’t already…

Produced by Space and mixed by Adam Greenspan & Nick Launay (Arcade Fire, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kate Bush), ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance.’ takes aim at everything from toxic masculinity, nationalism, immigration, and class inequality – all while maintaining a visceral, infectious positivity. Singer Joe Talbot summarises: “This album is an attempt to be vulnerable to our audience and to encourage vulnerability; a brave naked smile in this shitty new world. We have stripped back the songs and lyrics to our bare flesh to allow each other to breathe, to celebrate our differences, and act as an ode to communities and the individuals that forge them. Because without our community, we’d be nothing.”

Read Joe’s full statement on the album’s inspiration and origins here.

This Autumn, Idles will embark on their first ever global tour, including their biggest London headliner yet at O2 Forum Kentish Town on 18th October. Their last London headliner, at Heaven, sold out nearly six months in front. Full dates below, general on sale begins Friday June 8th at 10am local time.

IDLES self-released their debut album – ‘Brutalism’ – last year, we, like most who heard it, loved it to bits, here the Organ review from back there

The new album ‘Joy as an Act of Resistance.’ is out on August 31st on Partisan Records